Is it possible to delete apps from Google Play Store account using laptop/desktop?

[bunionboy]

Having owned 11 different Android phones/tablets since 2010, I have a gazillion apps listed in my Google Play Store account. I know it is possible to individually delete apps from my phone/tablet, but for the love of all things telephony, once you delete an app it takes you back to the frickin' top of the list. I thought there would be a simple way to do this by going to the Play Store on my laptop, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get rid of them. I realize it is not a big deal, but being the obsessive person that I am, once I try to do something, I can't stop trying to figure it out.

Am I missing something? When I log into my Google Play Store account on my laptop and go to "My Apps", it lists all the apps that I have ever downloaded, but there doesn't appear to be a way to delete them like there is on a device!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you can figure this out, I will send you a .... well nothing, but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are smarter than I am (sorry, that is not that big of a prize ).

 

[Haalcyon]

I know you can go and remove them from the list, but I think that's just for that current device. Not sure if you can zap them forever so they never show up again.

 

[bunionboy]

Thanks, I can't figure it out, and what hair I had left is about gone now

 

[B. Diddy]

You can't remove them from the Installed list on the Google Play website. Sorry!

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[Scoobz7]

That is too bad. It would really be handy rather than going through all the apps on mobile device. I have a ton as well and it would be much easier to be able to manage them using a laptop.

 

[Rukbat]

Two major things Google left out - removing a phone you no longer have and removing an app you no longer want. (How many of us haven't downloaded an app, used it for a while, then decided we didn't like it? Or a better one came out?) I have stuff I have on my list updated to run on Froyo. I can't even remember the phone it was in. (You can rename your phones, though - like Ex-1, Ex-2, etc.)

 

[Solomon Bokchin]

Two major things Google left out - removing a phone you no longer have and removing an app you no longer want. (How many of us haven't downloaded an app, used it for a while, then decided we didn't like it? Or a better one came out?) I have stuff I have on my list updated to run on Froyo. I can't even remember the phone it was in. (You can rename your phones, though - like Ex-1, Ex-2, etc.)

Ther must be a way to delete app from my play store account
Is there any wsy to ask this Google

Please help

 

[dctokyo]

Having owned 11 different Android phones/tablets since 2010, I have a gazillion apps listed in my Google Play Store account. I know it is possible to individually delete apps from my phone/tablet, but for the love of all things telephony, once you delete an app it takes you back to the frickin' top of the list. I thought there would be a simple way to do this by going to the Play Store on my laptop, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get rid of them. I realize it is not a big deal, but being the obsessive person that I am, once I try to do something, I can't stop trying to figure it out.

Am I missing something? When I log into my Google Play Store account on my laptop and go to "My Apps", it lists all the apps that I have ever downloaded, but there doesn't appear to be a way to delete them like there is on a device!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you can figure this out, I will send you a .... well nothing, but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are smarter than I am (sorry, that is not that big of a prize ).

0. Open Google Play > My Apps > All
1. scroll down to the very bottom (recommended, but not required),
2. long tap any app (that is not currently installed),
3. continue to click all apps that you wouldn't mind not seeing anymore, and
4. hit the delete button at the top of the page.

This will remove them from your "My Apps" page. If you need an app that you deleted again, it'll be install able by searching for it again, even if it was a paid app.

 

[os2baba]

0. Open Google Play > My Apps > All
1. scroll down to the very bottom (recommended, but not required),
2. long tap any app (that is not currently installed),
3. continue to click all apps that you wouldn't mind not seeing anymore, and
4. hit the delete button at the top of the page.

This will remove them from your "My Apps" page. If you need an app that you deleted again, it'll be install able by searching for it again, even if it was a paid app.

I saw this in Lifehacker. But it doesn't work (at least not any more).

Edit:
Oh. This works from the Play Store App. I was trying to do that from the web. And also, multi-select and delete unfortunately doesn't work. You have to delete them one at a time. I used to never bother with the app since every time you deleted the app, it would scroll all the way to the top. Making it beyond painful. Fortunately it doesn't do that any more. It's still not particularly user friendly since not only do you have to delete it one at a time, you get prompted for conformation every single time.

 

[Addison Brenan]

Why? It's a huge problem.

 

[Rukbat]

It worked about a week ago when I cleaned up my list.

 

[manhattan212]

No, it didn't work.
When I add my account to the device, all the old software comes rushing back in, and installing themselves after I had uninstalled and removed from the My Apps > All list (by hitting the little X on the top right corner).

It's extremely vexing, because it clogs up my bandwidth and the device's resources, not to mention that it gives me the added homework of having to remove them from my device, all over again, one by painfully tedious one.

I'm certain this is deliberate and Google has absolutely zero intention of doing more than giving users the illusion of control. I suspect it's because keeping the apps there is a kind of back-end advertisement.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I think that if you go to Settings>Backup & Reset, and uncheck "Automatic Restore," you won't get all of your apps automatically installing. But not 100% sure.

 

[manhattan212]

Welcome to Android Central! I think that if you go to Settings>Backup & Reset, and uncheck "Automatic Restore," you won't get all of your apps automatically installing. But not 100% sure.

Hey!
Thanks for the welcome.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Unfortunately, it seems I already had that disabled, by default.

 

[BMGRAHAM]

The method to remove them described above has worked for me in the past. Also in the past but not any more it was possible to uninstall an app remotely from the Google Play Store on your PC desktop (just as you still can do the install remotely).

 

[duke6024]

the google play web site needs to help us i have several old phones on there and apps need it cleaned up need to uninstall some and remove
phones and apps

 

[Vampy Reyes]

how can i delete apps in my google account using laptop?

 

[Chells25]

I know this isn't exactly a solution to the problem but its the only way I can think of not to see those apps. If this works! Try changing your google Email. I know that stinks because that means changing ur Email in all of your accounts as well. I had to change my gmail & it whiped my slate clean. I do not see all my old apps from beyond that. Then again I had just bought my Laptop so Idk if that makes a difference. Like I said Idk if it will even help or if you would even want to change your email address. Its like starting over & you lose any apps you've already paid for. Thats a big bummer! So, its a big decision to make but its the only way I can think of that may help. Anyway Good Luck!!

 

[hallux]

Chells25, that's quite the extreme way to clean up the apps list.

It doesn't appear possible to remove old apps from the Play Store when accessing from a PC browser. However, it CAN be done from a connected device, just go into the Play Store, go to the "hamburger menu" in the top left, select My apps & games then the ALL tab. For apps that are not installed, tap the X to remove them from the account.

 

[David Serbanescu]

No. Only Android devices

Google Play Store>My Apps>Delete Apps